You are cordially invited to a rare literary event – one that promises to be  fun and exciting. On May 31, the writers of the Hubbard Hall Writer’s Workshop will present their art and read from their extraordinary blogs and writing. There will be a reception and exhibit of poems, photos, collages and drawings at 6 p.m.  Then, at 7 p.m., the members of the workshop (I’m the teacher) will read from their work. A pug-loving artist and photographer will read from her writings about the power of dogs. A loving and courageous daughter will tell how Alzheimer’s showed her how to love her remote father; a rural physician struggles to keep her humanity in the face of bureaucracy and corporate medicine; a young writer struggles between her love of the family farm and the call of the outside world; an artist and writer writes with humor and insight on the challenges of parenting and of life; a former milkman uses his blog to understand and capture the meaning of his life.

And I will read a bit from my new book “The Second Chance Dog: A Love Story,” the story of me and Frieda and Maria. The writers in this workshop are nothing less than miraculous. I’ve been working to find the right venue to teach my theories of writing in a positive and useful way. Hubbard Hall is the place for me, they did an amazing job of screening and the chemistry of this group is powerful.  When most people tell me about their writing workshops, it sounds like they’ve just had an enema. This one is fun. I asked them each to start blogs, and boy, have they ever. They also support themselves and have been astonishingly creative. So come hear them and meet them and their wonderful work. I’ll be there, too and Red, the workshop hound.

The evening will benefit the Hubbard Hall Scholarship Fund. Suggested donation is $20. Details on the Hubbard Hall site.